ATTN JMS: May I quote you?
Simo Aaltonen
I'm currently co-editor of Whatchamacallit, the magazine of the English
students of Jyvaskyla University over here in Finland. I'd love to
include an article on B5 in our Spring issue. I wonder if it would be
alright to quote your newsgroup postings for the article? The
title of the article would be "Why Babylon 5?", and after consideration
I've come to the conclusion that I can't better put into words what makes
the series appeal to me than YOU have on several occasions over these
years you've interacted with the rest of us on these newsgroups.
Ideally -- assuming you grant me permission -- the article would consist
SOLELY of things you have said about the series, the art of storytelling,
etc. I would certainly submit the article to you for your approval, to
ensure that I haven't accidentally misrepresented your intent by careless
snipping of your messages.
Whatchamacallit is circulated totally free of charge among the English
students of our university, and no one involved with the magazine gains
anything other than creative fulfillment. It's voluntary work on our
part all the way.
-Simo Aaltonen (simo...@st.jyu.fi)
Jms at B5
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Simo Aaltonen
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Several people have now e-mailed me about this, so I thought I'd also post
the info here... I'll be posting the article (which will basically be a
collection of JMS's newsgroup posts or parts of them) to these two groups
when it comes out. It'll also be available electronically (as are a couple
of the previous issues of Whatchamacallit, the magazine in question) --
I'll post the URL as soon as it's available there. Plus, I'll feature the
article on my web page at <http://www.jyu.fi/~simoaalt/>.
For those who just jumped in, Whatchamacallit is the magazine of the
English students of Jyväskylä (that's in Finland). Actually, "magazine"
sounds a bit inaccurate: it's not printed on glossy paper or anything
(after all, it's a non-profit publication published twice a year
(currently), and made just for the fun of it. It probably feels more like
a fanzine than a magazine, since the focus is on issues we, the English
students, each want to write about.
But I'll post the info (and the article) as and when!
-sIMO aaltonen